NEW YORK EVENTS
JAZZ
Urban
Jazz & Art Series
Tribal Spears Gallery. Until June 4th, 2006.
2167 Frederick Douglass Blvd (8th Ave.) Btwn 116/117 Streets |
212-666-6550 Urban Jazz & Art Series (UJAS) Silent Charity
Auction & Cocktail Reception. Electrifying Live Jazz & Powerful Visual
Art. The Series takes place on Mondays June 4th at Tribal Spears Gallery
6:30pm-10:00pm. Tickets are $20. For more information about the event,
visit www.vgjazz.com.
CAMERA
Metropolitan Camera Club
Council, Inc.
Staten Island Museum
75 Stuyvesant Place (2 blocks from the Ferry) | 718-727-1135
Metropolitan Camera Club Council, Inc. meets every Third Friday at 8pm on
April 21, May 19, June 16.
Recent Acquisitions: New
York Street Photography from the 1960s and 1970s
The New York Public Library. Until June 24, 2006
Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018 | 212-642-0145
This exhibition features the work of three New York photographers, Diane
Arbus, Garry Winogrand, and Joel Meyerowitz, who played a major role in
the emergence of street photography as a central photographic practice in
the 1960s. Following the lead of William Klein and Robert Frank, these
photographers helped to transform documentary photography.
CIVILIZATION AND HERITAGE
Our Great Garden: Nurturing Planet Earth
The Jewish Museum. Until June 18, 2006
1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128 | 212-423-3200 The
Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam translates from Hebrew to 'Repairing the
World.' This new exhibition for families & children explores ways in which
we can fulfill this value in our daily lives, through appreciation and
protection of the natural environment. The exhibit focuses on three
central themes.
The Gutenberg Bible
The New York Public Library. Until August 31, 2006
Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018 | 212-642-0145
The first substantial printed book in the West is the royal-folio two-volume
Bible on display, comprising nearly 1,300 pages and printed in Mainz on the
central Rhine by Johann Gutenberg (ca. 1390s–1468) in the 1450s. Probably
completed between March and November 1455, when Gutenberg's bankruptcy
deprived him of his printing establishment.
ART AND DESIGN
American Streamline
Design: The World of Tomorrow
The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and
Culture. Until June 11, 2006
18 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024 | 212-501-3000 A
selection of 180 objects including furniture, ceramics, metalwork, plastic,
and graphic design, as well as original drawings and book designs. It is the
most comprehensive exhibition ever mounted on the subject. It focuses on the
1930s and '40s, the period during which streamlined design developed in the
United States. For info, www.bgc.bard.edu.
Recent Acquisitions: Old Master Prints
The New York Public Library. Until June 24, 2006
Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018 | 212-642-0145
This exhibition will include 75 prints, acquired between 2000-2005, and will
feature prints by Fontainebleu printmaker Pierre Milan, Jaques Callot, Jan
van de Velde II, Domenico and Lorenzo Tiepolo, Philibert-Louis Debucourt and
Ferdinand Olivier, among others.
Marlene VerPlanck In Concert: Diva Marlene VerPlanck will be singing at Shanghai Jazz, Sunday, June 11, 6:00 - 9:00pm, 24 Main St, Madison NJ. Reservations a must: 973- 822 2899 (no cover charge). St Peter's Church, Wednesday, June 14 1:00 - 2:00pm, 54th @ Lexington Ave NYC , Tel: 212 935 2200. Bring your lunch. The Alsop Barn, Sunday, June 25, 3:00pm, 29 Davidson Rd, Saratoga Springs NY. Tel: 518 584 4132. This is a venue you won't soon forget...gorgeous setting and the music goes on all afternoon. Lamar Alsop, will be on hand with his violin, clarinet, saxophone, and some other surprises.
SOCIAL CULTURAL EVENT
Ambassador
Aziz Mekouar .
His Excellency Aziz Mekouar Moroccan Ambassador to the United States and the Board of Directors of the High Atlas Foundation are hosting a reception to recognize The Honorable Edward M. Gabriel Former United States Ambassador to Morocco for his continued extraordinary service to the people of Morocco and to remember Ms. Kate Jeans-Gail Former Peace Corps Morocco Volunteer.
The event will take place at the home of Ambassador Mekouar in Bethesda, Maryland. Proceeds from the event will support two fruit tree nurseries, totaling 200,000 saplings - enough trees to dramatically benefit 40,000 rural Moroccan people. There is no charge for entry.
Donations are welcome. Complimentary
hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served. Dress is business casual. The
High Atlas Foundation is a non-profit organization that works to establish
development projects in rural communities of Morocco that local people
design and manage, and that are in partnership with government and
non-government agencies.
Friday,
June 23, 2006 — 6:00 to 8:00 pm
